September 2012 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD team packs 2012 have been shipped

by G.T.RAO

Hi, where to download sfd dvd's for distribution, sfd url is notworking???? Regards, G.T.Rao On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Frederic Muller - DFI < fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm not sure what you mean by that. Deadline for goodies has been pushed > extremely late this year (August 12th). Every year we announce > registration opening publicly and people following up and planning for > SFD have ample time to get the free goodies. > > So what exactly was your message about? > > Thanks. > > Fred > > On 09/10/2012 05:28 PM, G.T.RAO wrote: > > > > Greetings all, > > > > LuckY team received sfd team packs 2012, HOPE we get 2013---...? > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- G.T.RAO AHMEDABAD http://fossyatra.wordpress.com http://paper.li/GTRao/1342070958 http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/India/Ahmedabad/fossyatra email:netwebsteps@gmail.com mobile:07737031761 लिनक्स: नि:शुल्क और खुले स्रोत सॉफ्टवेयर आप के लिए और दुनिया के लिए अच्छा है. ना कोई adware,ना कोई spyware, सिर्फ अच्छा सॉफ्टवेयर. Linux(લિનક્ષ ): મુક્ત અને નિઃશુલ્ક(મફત) ઓપન સોર્સ સોફ્ટવેર તમારા માટે અને વિશ્વ માટે સારું છે. ના કોઈ એડવેર , ના કોઈ સ્પાયવેર, માત્ર સારું સોફ્ટવેર.

Sept. 12, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Planned maintenance

by Julian H. Stacey

Frederic Muller - DFI wrote: > Hi! > > Most likely we will be running a file system check in the coming hours > (maybe 2/3 hours from now, that means 14UTC or after) and need to take > the server down for that. I'll send an email to the list right before > taking the machine down to confirm (or deny). In case its a BSD FFS, be aware of eg man fsck: -B Run in background mode. The check program for each file system ......... Note that background fsck is limited to checking for only the most commonly occurring file system abnormalities. Under certain circumstances, some errors can escape background fsck. It is ........................... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ recommended that you perform foreground fsck on your systems periodically and whenever you encounter file-system-related pan- ics. Even if its Linux or some other UX, could be similar even if not documented as such. So if you can afford the time, maybe worth a fsck in foreground. Good luck. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text. Not: HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Planned maintenance

by Bersam K

Thanks you Fred, It's great to see that you're working hard on this problem. (and of course SFD is up right now!) خسته نباشی! Bersam On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Frederic Muller - DFI < fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > Hi again, > > A second opinion thinks it's Apache that needs love. We're experimenting > with the fine tuning and see how it goes. So no downtime for now we hope. > > We'll keep you update as the "experiment" progresses. > > Thanks. > > Fred > > On 09/11/2012 08:57 PM, Frederic Muller - DFI wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Most likely we will be running a file system check in the coming hours > > (maybe 2/3 hours from now, that means 14UTC or after) and need to take > > the server down for that. I'll send an email to the list right before > > taking the machine down to confirm (or deny). > > > > Thank you for your understanding. > > > > Fred > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- And Still Nobody Cares *contact me:* <https://forms.hush.com/bersam> Gmail : Bersam.k [at] gmail Weblog : http://www.bersam.org GPG Key : 6B6B7E27<http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCD82BAC86B6B7E…>

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Planned maintenance

by Frederic Muller - DFI

Hi again, A second opinion thinks it's Apache that needs love. We're experimenting with the fine tuning and see how it goes. So no downtime for now we hope. We'll keep you update as the "experiment" progresses. Thanks. Fred On 09/11/2012 08:57 PM, Frederic Muller - DFI wrote: > Hi! > > Most likely we will be running a file system check in the coming hours > (maybe 2/3 hours from now, that means 14UTC or after) and need to take > the server down for that. I'll send an email to the list right before > taking the machine down to confirm (or deny). > > Thank you for your understanding. > > Fred >

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] TTCS OSSWIN DVD, a collection of FOSS for Windows available for download

by Dev Anand Teelucksingh

Dear All, As a FYI - a 2nd direct download mirror for the ISO http://ge.tt/7e2weSN/ Kind Regards, Dev Anand On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > Just to let you know the TTCS OSSWIN DVD v0.8.6 a DVD of Free and Open > Source Software (FOSS) for Windows put together by the Trinidad and > Tobago Computer Society is available as a free download at > http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/ > > This compilation of nearly 100 FOSS for Windows (XP and higher) has > detailed information about each program: what the program does, its > key features, useful related websites, view a screenshot, find links > to the program's website and to download/install the program from the > TTCS OSSWIN DVD from the web browser. > > v0.8.6 features the most updated software versions as of September 8 > 2012 in time for Software Freedom Day 2012, including LibreOffice > 3.6.1 and Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1 > > A full listing of the software included on the DVD and download link > can be found at http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/ > > > Kind Regards, > > Dev Anand Teelucksingh

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Debian events at Software Freedom Day

by Nick Morrott

On 10 September 2012 20:59, Luca BRUNO <lucab(a)debian.org> wrote: > Hi all SFDers :) > During the upcoming SFD celebrations, supporters of the Debian > project will be joining the parties worldwide with Debian-related > talks/events. For example, talks by Debian Developers will be held in > Italy and Brazil. > > In order to give even more press coverage to the SFD, the > Debian Publicity Team is planning a press release about the > SFD and Debian-related topics. > > We'd like to be notified about any such events that is going to > happen during your local SFD, and receive info about it! > The goal is to have a raw collection of Debian-events for a press > release on our site shortly before the SFD (hopefully)... Hey Luca, Thought we'd let you know of our Software Freedom Day event happening in Rugby, UK: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/UK/Rugby/Rugby%20Linux%20Users%20Gr… The wiki page is slightly out of date, but here are the Debian-specific bits! - Our event has a less formal structure, instead of talks we're running a series of rolling workshops that visitors can drop in and out of including Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Scratch - One of our SFD2012 event partners in the UK is credativ (credativ.co.uk / credativ.de), who employ several DDs worldwide and who have supported all Rugby SFD events to date. We should have at least one DD present on the day - almost all Linux-based machines being used on the day for visitors will be running Debian or a Debian-derived distribution (Ubuntu 12.04 for example). - On the day we'll have a FreedomBox for visitors to check out - Our Raspberry Pi machines will be running Raspbian and we'll be using them to help local children and parents learn Scratch Hope this provides some useful information for your press release! Thanks, Nick Morrott Rugby Linux Users Group Rugby Software Freedom Day 2012

Sept. 11, 2012

Planned maintenance

by Frederic Muller - DFI

Hi! Most likely we will be running a file system check in the coming hours (maybe 2/3 hours from now, that means 14UTC or after) and need to take the server down for that. I'll send an email to the list right before taking the machine down to confirm (or deny). Thank you for your understanding. Fred

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD server issues

by Frederic Muller - DFI

On 09/11/2012 05:23 PM, Ivan Shmakov wrote: >>>>>> julien forgeat <julienforgeat(a)gmail.com> writes: >>>>>> Frederic Muller - DFI <fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > > >> We're having trouble with our web server which just hung again. It's > >> the 3rd time in a bit more than 24h. > > […] > > > Assuming that the problems are caused by higher server load, I would > > maybe try to limit the number of apache threads to make life easier > > for the server. More like a shoot in the dark that an expert advice > > I am afraid. > > The question is: what's in the logs? > > Given that a hung server is likely to point to a hardware issue, > running some hardware diagnostic software (like sensors(1), > smartctl(8), or, if the server is to be brought off-line, > Memtest86+) may provide some insight into the problem. > > […] > unfortunately nothing much there and they are encumbered by buggy version of software which haven't been upgraded on the LTS version we're using (the option is to compile from source and upgrade - which might be better in 1/2 weeks). Anyway we just got a bit crash on the wiki which could point to some hardware problems. Still investigating. Thanks. Fred

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD server issues

by Ivan Shmakov

>>>>> julien forgeat <julienforgeat(a)gmail.com> writes: >>>>> Frederic Muller - DFI <fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: >> We're having trouble with our web server which just hung again. It's >> the 3rd time in a bit more than 24h. […] > Assuming that the problems are caused by higher server load, I would > maybe try to limit the number of apache threads to make life easier > for the server. More like a shoot in the dark that an expert advice > I am afraid. The question is: what's in the logs? Given that a hung server is likely to point to a hardware issue, running some hardware diagnostic software (like sensors(1), smartctl(8), or, if the server is to be brought off-line, Memtest86+) may provide some insight into the problem. […] -- FSF associate member #7257 http://sfd.am-1.org/

Sept. 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD server issues

by Frederic Muller - DFI

Hi! Well we are not yet at about 1/10 of the highest traffic I've seen since I pay attention (1/2 years). But it's probably more on wiki writing while high traffic is around SFD date and more on reading the web site and the wiki pages. So the usage is different per say. As I answered to someone who contacted me privately we have set CPU and disk I/O warning thresholds and I got a few over the course of the past week. I sometimes surprise Apache using 150% of CPU and then as I watch the usage goes down (he must feel he is actively being monitored). So on top of moving services to a different VPN to see which one is actually creating the issues, I might also try using a different web server, something 'lighter'. It is just happening at an unfortunate time, but it's probably related. Thanks. Fred On 09/11/2012 05:06 PM, julien forgeat wrote: > Hi Fred > > Sorry to read about these issues as such a crucial time. > > Assuming that the problems are caused by higher server load, I would > maybe try to limit the number of apache threads to make life easier > for the server. More like a shoot in the dark that an expert advice I > am afraid. > > Good luck > > Julien > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Frederic Muller - DFI > <fred(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> We're having trouble with our web server which just hung again. It's the >> 3rd time in a bit more than 24h. The mailing lists are on a different >> machine so communication can't be affected at least. >> >> At this stage I am a bit at loss on how to troubleshoot the issue. 2 >> reboots ago the machine stayed up for less than an hour, and the last >> restart for about 3 hours. It seems to be a new problem though nothing >> new has been installed, reconfigured. >> >> I'm thinking to create a new VPS instance and move the Joomla! sites >> there, while keeping moinmoin instances on the current server. As far as >> I know there is nothing else running on the box. >> >> Any advice is of course welcome. >> >> Thank you all for your patience. >> >> Fred >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list >> SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Sept. 11, 2012